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Ben Hollamby

@benhollamby

Senior Cloud Consultant at Arkahna who saved clients over $1 million annually in cloud spend.

At Arkahna, I lead platform engineering, DevOps, SRE and cloud security engagements, combining technical direction with hands-on delivery for clients including Barclays. I apply DevOps and SRE practices to improve reliability, automate operations and simplify cloud platforms.

At Spark, I rebuilt a large primary healthcare organization on Azure and Microsoft 365 following a cyberattack, replacing its on-premises environment. At Pinnacle Ventures, I owned implementation of security review recommendations and NIST framework adoption.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Consultant

Current

Arkahna

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 11 months)

Lead platform engineering, DevOps, SRE and cloud security engagements for clients including Barclays, combining technical direction with hands-on delivery across 12 time zones. Saved clients over $1 million annually in cloud spend through cost optimization.

Azure AWS Kubernetes Terraform Bicep PowerShell DevOps SRE Cloud Security Cost Optimization Infrastructure as Code Client Technical Leadership

Consultant

Arkahna

May 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 7 months)

Supported production Azure and AKS workloads for clients across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and startups, improving reliability and operational support. Modernized provisioning with Terraform and Bicep and automated runbooks and reporting.

Azure AKS Terraform Bicep Cost Optimization Automation Run Books Reporting

Senior Systems Engineer

Spark

Jul 2021 - May 2023 (1 year 10 months)

Rebuilt a large primary healthcare organization on Azure and Microsoft 365 following a cyberattack, replacing its on-premises environment. Automated daily checks with PowerShell and integrated FortiGate appliances with Azure Active Directory.

Azure Microsoft 365 PowerShell Azure Update Management FortiGate Azure Active Directory

Senior Project Engineer

Pinnacle Ventures

Jun 2020 - May 2021 (11 months)

Owned implementation of security review recommendations and NIST framework adoption; advised executives on cloud and security direction and modernized medical practices.

Cloud Security NIST Security Review Executive Advisory